Harry Shokler and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Fishermen Drying Nets
1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching with printed tone, Sheet: 290 x 405 mm. (11 7/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Plate: 200 x 250 mm. (7 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The United States General Services Administration, formerly Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, on extended loan to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Object Number
L.1943.9.548
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST SHOKLER, HARRY / TITLE FISHERMEN DRYING NETS / MEDIUM ETCHING / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 6/10/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUN 21 1938'.
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.
Inscribed: RECTO: BL in plate: 'H. Shokler 1937'; LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Fishermen Drying Nets'; LR margin (pencil): 'Harry Shokler'; BR Corner (pencil): '14'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
2000–2000
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